Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-02
DETECTIVE SKILL.
Confession ExtOrted from the Man who
Shipped q Mutilated Body
to Baltimore.
TIE BoHLE MURDER.

THE BoHLE MURDER.
Upger Confesses and How He Was Mad
To Do It.
NEW YORK. January 8O.-Edward Ungel
tho murderer OF august Bohle, whose bod.
was found last week in trunk shipped t.
Baltimore, has made full confession OF th
killing. Unger was arrested on Thursda.
last and after being short time locked il
his cell he WAS brought before lnspecto
Byrnes. In the room was table on whicl
had been placed the hammer with whicl
Bohle was killed and the knife and saw
USED TO CUT UP fHE BODY.
and the rubber cloth in which tho bod,
was wrapped after killing. The chair upol
which Unger seated himself wasso arranget
that he could see little else in the room
save the bloody weapons. He was asked
il he wished to say anything. He shook
his head but suddenly said: "Bohle hai
gone to Chicago and will turn up in n few
days. Friday afternoon Byrnes took the
hammer, saw, knife and rubber cloth to
I1nger's cell and asked il he had not seen
had not been half q dosen times before with
them.
UNGER WAS STARTLED
but said he had never before seen the
bloody tokens. Then he was
taken to court and remanded and on
the way back he remarked TO Inspector
Byrnes, "You are trying to hang me-"
The trunk with the body arrived from Bal
timore yesterday. The body was cent to the
Morgue. That night Byrnes went to Un-
gers cell and asked him how he felt.
pretty WE'LL" said he, huskily. Then the
inspector unlocked the cell, and detective
Hickey called Unger into the corridor,
where the light was burning low. The pris-
oner stepped forth, but did not see the in.
spector until the latter called him by name,
as he turned he saw Byrnes standing and
pointing at trunk which had held
BoHLE's DEAD BODY.
Unger staggered at the sight and tottered
toward his cell. Byrnes then took from tho
trunk piece OF the murdered mans coat.
which had been used 70 wrap the body, and
holding it before the prisoners eyes, asked
him where the rest of Bohle's coat was.
Unger shuddered at the sight of the
BLOOD sTlFFENED GARMENT,
and clasping his hands over his
eyes, was about to fall,
when Detective Hickey caught him
and seated him on a couch in tbs corridor.
He sat down upon it, and removing his
hands, glanced about him. Suddenly and
with a startled groan, he sprapg to his
feet, asking if he could change his seat, and
taking proffered chair-the sofa on which
he had been seated was the one found in
Unger's room after his arrest-Unger's face
became gbastly pale and when assisted to
his cell he was in
PAINTING CONDITION.
Byrnes then told Unger he would be near |
1t hand when he was ready to talk, and |
when the inspector returned from supper |
Jnger had asked to see him. Again Unger was |
brought to Byrnes room, where all:
he bloody tokens confronted him. II
want to tell the whole truth about the bus |
ness" he said to the chief. He then told |
his story, which was taken in writing:
l liye at No. 20 Ridge street. have
,nown August Bohle since November, 1886.
first met him at my saloon, "a Eldridge
,ertisement which had put in She Staats
,eitung, fer q parJter. We could not agree
,pon the terms, and l subsequently gave
,p the business at that number. I went to |
i've at No. 22 Ridge street. A short time
lfterward August came to live with me, the
arrangement being that he was to pay me
lalf rent. which WAS ST. so per month, and
OF the household expenses. On
he night OF January 20, 1887, after sup
'er, my son Edward left the house,
eavlng Bohle and myself in the rooms.
We remained talking and reading
i'll $50. Bohle was v ry powerful man
nd was swearing ABOUT his hard luck.
1e called me a d. o. q b.. I told
7 hon tn oh /
i'm away. He then
STRUCK ME on THE NECK
vith his fist and knocked me down. l
prang to my feet and attempted to strike
i'm with poker, W! ich l had in my hand.
'ohe grabbed the poker from me, at tho
anne time he seized knife from the table
nd ran after me. ran to the bed room.
[e followed me. l picked up ,
hammer from a chest under
1e bed. He made another lunge
me with the knife, and warded it of,
,ceiving slight cut in the hand. I then !
red, and followed him up and struck I
i'm again, the hammer It
SINKING INTO HIS SKULL 6
) far as the handle. He staggered and 6
II back on the sofa dead. This occurred J
oout 10 D. m. Expecting my son home
,ery moment, and to avoid NY son seeing
le sofa and put it on the floor, close by |
le wall. then took Bohles s'eeping cot
nd placed it on it's side before him and I
aiming against the wall, covering the ends 9
ith some clothes. My son soon came, and I
9 went to bed together in the bed room.
where's August?" he asked.
He's gone out" said L.
On Friday, January 21st, as soon as a
" boy had gone to his work, l went out, q
ought some rubber, laid the body on it,
nd cut it up to fit Bohles trunk, in which b
placed the pieces, except the head, which
in a coat, put q newspaper q
'ound it, and while crossing on the ferry
,at,
DROPPED IT INTO TIE RIVER. :,
I returned to my house, and took tho b
unk to a saloon in Grand street. and q
ked permission to leave it over night,
,ich was granted. called for it on Sat-
day morning, about Q O'Clock. got
an to take it t" the saloon OF Henry
'nze. NJ. 395 Kent avenue, :
ooklyn, whtre left the =
unk for a few minutes, until I went to =
an where he WAS to call. and returned to
'nze's store. l got some mucilage and
this la bel on the box: John A. Wilson, =
Md. To be called for" I did =
It mean to kill the deceased. He was q
larrelsome man, and I believed my life :,
as in danger when / struck him. The i.
amer in whic l disposed OF the body :,
rs SO as to save myself and family from =
sgrace. liz
(Signcd) EDWARD UNaER. =
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